Collaroy Plateau Physical Culture Club, which is affiliated with the Edith Parsons School of Physical Culture, has been a part of the Northern Beaches community for over 30 years.
In the early years of the club it was taught by several different teachers before coming under the instruction of Kristen Munro who began teaching physi in 1983.
Kristen herself was a student at the Narrabeen Physical Culture Club and continued her participation in this club for a number of years, whilst at the same time enjoying teaching at Collaroy Plateau.
Kristen was a much loved, highly respected and dedicated instructress who had great success with her students over her 18 years of teaching before retiring at the end of 2001.
It was difficult to replace Kristen, however the club has continued under the direction of a dedicated committee of physi ladies and two highly-involved instructresses, Barbara Sullivan and Helen Hines.
Barbara teaches the junior girls aged from 3 – 12 years old, as well as being a member of our Ladies class. She has only been involved in physi for the past seven years but she has proven she is a highly motivated teacher and physi has become an important part of her life.
Helen has been involved with physi for more years than she cares to remember!
She was a member of various clubs of the inner western suburbs as a child and teenager before becoming a teacher with the Edith Parsons School of Physical Culture in her early twenties. Upon her marriage and subsequent move to the northern beaches she taught the highly-successful Narrabeen Physical Culture Club for 12 years, from 1979 to 1991.
Helen then retired from teaching but not from physi, being elected as the President of the Board of the Edith Parsons School of Physical Culture.
When Kristen retired in 2001, Helen was persuaded to make a comeback to teaching, taking over the older girls and Ladies classes at Collaroy Plateau, whilst still maintaining her duties as President of the School.
To find out more about the Edith Parsons School of Physical Culture and the founder of the School, Miss Edith Parsons (affectionately known as “Teach”), click the link on the bottom of this page.
